Almost Everybody does speak fluent english here.
No squats. And Good luck finding a place to live that you can affort. I got a 6m2 room for 450 dollars. Got really lucky with it. But i have enough friends ( locals and foreigners) still looking for a place to live and basiclly its hard to find something under 800 dolars.
In summer you could live in a car. But it is cold and windy as fuck the last few weeks ( beautifull tho
Minimum wage. Well as drengor said. Their is none. But there are set wages by the union.
I work as a server and when i moved here they offered me less money then i made in finland. ( worked my way up in 4 years from dishwashing to serving in a michelin star restaurant and making ok money in finland to just going back to working for shit money.) but finally i found a good paying boss
Also.. if you are not looking to get a job in tourism as a server, housekeeper, receptionist, tourguide,... good luck finding a job.
If you re irish. As your profile says where you re located. You can just come here. Find a job and get a social number through work. Takes a few days but you can start working.
I have typed this before i think in the other icelandic thread that there is..
@Matt Derrick : is there a way to merge these two together ?
Sorry for the negative undertone i might give. Had a heavy day at work with people complaining how expensive iceland ( tourist telling the prices are crazy and compairing it to new orleans?!? No dollar pbr's here my man.. 8 dollar Gull is the cheapest you find on happy hour.., locals complaining how there is no service in icelandic at restaurants and i am trying to survive on 50 dollars for the last 2 weeks. Ok. The last part is kind of fun as i started dumpaterdiving again and quit drinking.
Btw.send me a message or ask questions here if you want more info